South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1887-08-26

RUAoR says that Jay Gould is to
buy The d. e. o.
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tbs Increase ia tia production of
anthracite coal last gear was 2.3o6. /.
426 tons.
SENATOR Rid 'lsberger Of Virginia
says he does not believe In secret
sessions of the United States Senate,
aad will hereafter make the pr oceed.
ings OF such meetings public.
New ORLEANS. La, 10 increasing
rapidly IA population and wealth, and
. great building boom has boon
inaugarated there. The city now
has ESQ. 900 inhablta nts.
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The survivors of Pickett's division
and the PhiIadelphia brigade are Cos
ing 10 erect monument to "Ameri.
can heroism" ut the point where Gen.
Armistead fell on the field OF Get
tysburg.
The Agricultural, IMMORAL and Tim !.
Der resources of southwestern Vir.
GINA are being developed with amaz-
ing rapidity, and that section is ex-
periencing a irregular boom.
PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has been
invited to visit BALTIMORE September
IL, while the celebration of the sue
cossful defense of that city in the war
OF 1872 is in progress. lie will prob
ably accept the invitation.
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SENATOR PAsco. OF Florida, saws
Cleveland onght to he renominated,
and will be. His appointments in
Florida have given general satisfac-
ton, and the colored v,ters there am
fast coming over to the democratic
party.
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THE President has signed an order
transferring the names of The pensions
ers residing in Virginia and West vir.
GINA from the rolls OF the pension
agency located at Knoxville, Tennes-
see. Ia the agency in Washington.
The order will take eT.c: November
rext.
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SECRETARY Failchiid baa appoint.
Cd John X. Roatley, OF Iowa, to be
chief or the miscellaneous divi sion Of
the SECOND comp.roller's office, vice
Oscar J. Harvey tue Treasury Depart.
mont forger. dismissed. MIR. Keat-
ley Is resident Of Council Bluffs,
and has a cool reputation as law
yer and journalist.
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WILLIAM D. SHEPHEaD. Of Phila.
delphia, after long years of conten.
tention has been allowed q pen
eion for wound received during a
street parade in Philadelphia
in 1864. The claim was repeat
edly rejected. and only finally allow
ed in consideration Of the fact that
he was engaged in the discharge of
his duties when injured.
W.
TIE verdict of the coroner's Jury
that investigated the Chatsworih(IlI.. J
railroad disaster. holds Timothy
Coughlin, s section boss. responsible
for the accident. II was proven that
he started fires to burn the grass
away in dangerous proximity 10 the
track and bridge. He has been ar.
rested. The railroad company were
not even censured, owiny< il is
thought, to the fact that three devoted
friends Of tie road wore On the Jury.
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WE would like TO see Hampshife
county represented by delegation OF
oxsConfederate soldiers at tho laying
Of the corner stone Of the Lee menu,
ment in Richmond TO take place
October 25, IL will be tho most
eventful occasion In the city's civic
history. There is TO be no politics ia
the matter. Geas. Malone and
Lonestrcet, who have been promi.
nently Identified with the republicans
since the war, will be invi.ed to be
present.
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THE response Of the Grand Army
Record, a paper publisbed in Boston
in the interest OF the Union soldiers
Of the late Var, to the demaqogic
resolution of tho Ohio Republican
convention, conforming Tue Presi-
dent for bis veto of pension bills, Is
manly and sensible. Speaking for
the veteran soldiers Of Massachu setts
the Record CONDEMNS aSd de-